The unfiltered joy of Christine McConnell's 'Mortal Kombat' cake

Rose is an obese, Frankenstein raccoon with a pink bow on top of her ratty head and a bent fork where her left hand should be. She's died at least twice, and each time, she's been lovingly brought back to life by her creator, Christine McConnell. Rose is one of the fantastic puppet friends in The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, a Netflix series whose debut season helped define Halloween 2018. It stars McConnell, an endlessly creative baker whose online fame has exploded over the past five years, and a cast of puppet creatures produced by The Jim Henson Company. There's Edgar the bumbling werewolf, Rankle the resurrected, mummified cat god, and, of course, Rose the taxidermied raccoon.